Salo, Finland
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| Salon kaupunki | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°23′10″N 023°07′30″E / 60.38611°N 23.125°E | |||
| Kintra | Finland | ||
| Region | Finland Proper | ||
| Sub-region | Salo | ||
| Mercat toun | 1887 | ||
| Ceety richts | 1960 | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Ceety manager | Antti Rantakokko | ||
| Aurie(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| - Ceety | 2,168.27 km2 (837.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Laund | 1,986.49 km2 (767 sq mi) | ||
| - Watter | 181.78 km2 (70.2 sq mi) | ||
| Aurie rank | 36t lairgest in Finland | ||
| Indwallers (2012-09-30)[2] | |||
| - Ceety | 55,231 | ||
| - Rank | 18t lairgest in Finland | ||
| - Densitie | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 1,000,333 | ||
| Population bi native leid[3] | |||
| - Finnish | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".% (official) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Wabsteid | www.salo.fi | ||
Salo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑlo]) is a toun an municipality o Finland.
It is locatit in the Finland Proper region. The municipality haes a population o 55,231[2] (September 30, 2012) an covers an aurie o 2,168.27 square kilometres (837.17 sq mi) o which 181.78 km2 (70.19 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is {{convert/numdisp/fracExpression error: Unexpected < operator. |Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".}} /km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. /sq mi).
In Finnish salo means woodland, backwoods but an aw a woodit island. It is thought that Salo haes meant the island that ower thoosan years ago existit tae the sooth o the current toun but is the day a hill, no even vera close tae the sea.[4]
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Salo haes existit as a centre o rural commerce syne at least the 16t century, grewn in the location whaur the Great Costal Road,[5] the important East-Wast road, crossed River Salo; the river providit the fairway tae the sea. In 1887 Salo offeecially became a mercat toun an, in the beginnin o 1891, an independent municipality.[6] The aurie o the municipality wis initially vera sma, anerlie 0.65 km². In 1932 it grew tae 18 km² when auries frae neighbourin Uskela an Halikko wur annexed tae Salo. Eventually Salo became a toun in 1960. The day its main claim tae notability is as a developin an manufacturin plant for Nokia, an can therefore be considered as the oreeginal hame toun o Nokia phones. Nokia an aw is ane of biggest employers in this region.
Salo is locatit atween the caipital Helsinki an the regional caipital Turku, makkin it a busy sma ceety. The short distance frae these bigger ceeties keeps the Salo region an its business life growin. Fermin an aw plays a considerable pairt in the aurie.
The municipality o Uskela wis consolidatit wi Salo 1967. The municipalities o Halikko, Kiikala, Kisko, Kuusjoki, Muurla, Perniö, Pertteli, Suomusjärvi an Särkisalo wur consolidatit wi Salo in the beginnin o 2009.
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Internaitional relations [edit]
- Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Finland
Twin touns — sister ceeties [edit]
Salo haes seiven sister ceeties:
Anija, Estonie[citation needit]- Elva, Estonie[7]
Katrineholm, Swaden
Vennesla, Norawa
Odder, Denmark
Rzhev, Roushie
Nagykanizsa, Hungary
Puchheim, Germany
St. Anthony, Hennepin Coonty, Minnesota, Unitit States
Beijing, Cheenae
Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Area by municipality as of 1 Januar 2011 (Finnish an Swadish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved on Error: Invalid time.. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.09.2012 (Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved on 17 October 2012. .
- ↑ Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 Dizember 2008. Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved on Error: Invalid time.. .
- ↑ Paikkala et al. (2007). "Suomalainen paikannimikirja", p.398. Karttakeskus: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus. ISBN 9789515939760.
- ↑ Salminen, Tapio (1993). "Suuri Rantatie", Tielaitos. ISBN 9513710440.
- ↑ Alifrosti, Kari (1996). "Salon ja Uskelan historia 1869-1990", Salon Kaupunki. ISBN 9519615210.
- ↑ Välissuhted (Estonian). Elva linn. Retrieved on 23 Julie 2011. .
Photo gallery [edit]
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Municipal library. The new library biggin haes been designed tae fit in the environment o auld wooden hooses.
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Airt gallery in the auld locomotive shed.
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Nokia premises in Salo.
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A Class Vr1 steam locomotive no. 656 "Kana" ("Hen") on a turntable ootside Salo Airt Museum
Freemit airtins [edit]
- Town of Salo – Offeecial wabsteid
- Satellite photo from May 2002
- Service Directory with maps
